#42DBB5#42DBB5

#42DBB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.138 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBB5
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 181)
HSL	hsl(165, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 17.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -48.56, 7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 49.10, 171.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.1367 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.138 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9145, 55.1533, 52.4600)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBB5 #DB4268

analogous

#42DB68 #42DBB5 #42B4DB

triadic

#42DBB5 #B542DB #DBB542

tetradic

#42DBB5 #6842DB #DB4268 #B4DB42

square

#42DBB5 #6842DB #DB4268 #B4DB42

split-complementary

#42DBB5 #DB42B4 #DB6842

monochromatic

#1A896D #24BC96 #42DBB5 #75E5C9 #A9EFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#42DBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBB5

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBB5	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CDB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.138 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7cb',
    500: '#42dbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbb5;
$custom-light: #8ae7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.098,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80275,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBB5

secondary

#8F3349

accent

#3D68EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBB5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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